ail ‧ ment /ˈeɪlmənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
an illness that is not very serious:
minor ailments
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THESAURUS
■ an illness that is not very serious
▪ bug informal an illness that spreads to other people very easily but that is not very serious:
There’s a bug going round at school and a lot of the children are absent.
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a flu bug
▪ complaint medical an illness that affects a particular part of your body, especially one that is not very serious – used by doctors:
a minor skin complaint
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Deakin suffers from a back complaint called arachnoiditis.
▪ ailment /ˈeɪlmənt/ formal an illness that affects a particular part of your body, especially one that is not serious:
People often go to their doctor about relatively minor ailments.
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The ointment is used to treat ailments such as small wounds and insect bites.